How To Install units on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install units on CentOS 8.
What is units
Units converts an amount from one unit to another, or tells you what mathematical operation you need to perform to convert from one unit to another. The units program can handle multiplicative scale changes as well as conversions such as Fahrenheit to Celsius.
We can use yum or dnf to install units on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install units.
Install units on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install units using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install units
Install units on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install units using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install units
How To Uninstall units on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the units package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove units
units Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/units
/usr/bin/units_cur
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/57323e29f3285c86faf0bfe163b65ea7f64339
/usr/share/doc/units
/usr/share/doc/units/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/units/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/units/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/units/README
/usr/share/info/units.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/units.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/units_cur.1.gz
/usr/share/units
/usr/share/units/currency.units
/usr/share/units/definitions.units
/usr/share/units/locale_map.txt
/var/lib/units
/var/lib/units/currency.units
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install units on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.